A for-profit charter school, Success Academy, is set to open in the Southside of Williamsburg. The Latino community opposes it, seeing the school as part of the wider gentrification movement and making Williamsburg more attractive for the richer class at their expense. They find the unexpected support of some white middle-class parents who believe in public schooling for all. Through organizing and protest, this divided neighborhood finds itself surprisingly united. (2012)
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Claire Richard
Claire Richard is a French writer and journalist. She writes about literature, digital cultures and activism for various national French media. She published a book about politics of literature in French contemporary literature, and is currently researching a book about The Young Lords Party for a French publisher. She has produced interviews for French national radio as well as short audio documentaries for arte radio. Richard is a graduate of French École Normale Supérieure and New York University.
Claire Richard
Claire Richard is a French writer and journalist. She writes about literature, digital cultures and activism for various national French media. She published a book about politics of literature in French contemporary literature, and is currently researching a book about The Young Lords Party for a French publisher. She has produced interviews for French national radio as well as short audio documentaries for arte radio. Richard is a graduate of French École Normale Supérieure and New York University.